Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.
She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
Mariah Carey plans to release her secret alt-rock album from the ‘90s
nypost.com“Dreamlover,” “Fantasy” and “Honey” — the octave-leaping singer recorded a secret alt-rock album.Now, Carey plans to release the 1995 LP, which had been buried by her label.
But Mimi has unearthed her version of “Someone’s Ugly Daughter,” which originally featured her lead vocals before they were replaced by her friend Clarissa Dane in the band Chick. “We actually have it,” Carey revealed in a Rolling Stone podcast interview with Brian Hiatt. “I’m working on a version where there will be another artist working with me.”Although Carey produced, wrote and sang backup vocals on “Someone’s Ugly Daughter,” which came out the same year that she released her blockbuster “Daydream” album, her involvement was kept secret by her then-label, Columbia Records. “This was my outlet, and nobody knew about it,” Carey said. “I honestly wanted to put the record out back then … and let them discover that it was me, but that idea was squashed.” Carey described “Someone’s Ugly Daughter” as “like a girls’ Green Day group moment.
And, of course, there was the Courtney Love era of Hole going on at the time. I even did the artwork — it was a dead roach and some lipstick.”In the Rolling Stone podcast, Carey also reflected on the 25th anniversary of her “Butterfly” album, which dropped from the pop heavens on Sept.
16, 1997. She said that the LP was musical therapy for her toward the end of her marriage to her then-label head Tommy Mottola.“To have the strength to break away from that wasn’t easy,” she said, “so I put it all into the music.”In fact, Carey broke down the deeply personal lyrics to the “Butterfly” chorus: “If you should return to me/We truly were meant to be/So spread your wings and fly.”“That’s what I was kind of always hoping that.
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